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The Agent Leader Podcast — 323 episodes

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Are You Solving the Wrong Problem?

2

Be the One: The Leadership Mindset That Changes Everything | Karl Sherrill

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What Does the Best Version Possible of Your Agency Look Like?

4

AI + Human Connection: The New Advantage for Agencies

5

How Leaders Create Capacity, Not Just Results

6

Your Agency Doesn't Have a Growth Problem (It Has an Alignment Problem)

7

Your Team Is Borrowing Confidence From You

8

What Are You Tolerating That Your Future Agency Can't Afford?

9

Beyond Outsourcing: Building High-Performing Teams with Virtual Assistants

10

Context Creates Results

11

The Psychology Blocking Producer Performance with Connie Kadansky

12

Average Is Full: The New Standard for Elite Agencies

13

Control the Controllables: How Elite Agencies Create Predictable Performance

14

From Commodity to Consultant: How to Win by Solving Real Problems with Dustin Boss of Emerge Apps

15

Turn the Crank on Employee Engagment with Sadie Bauman

16

What’s Dragging Your Agency Down?

17

Leadership, Grit, and Growth: Chris Paradiso on What It Really Takes to Succeed

18

Why Producers Fail

19

Plateau or Progress? Why Agencies Get Stuck at the Next Level

20

Culture Before Process: Why Most Agency Changes Fail

21

Skill Stacking and the Curiosity Advantage with Brett Young

22

Signal vs. Noise

23

Be Your Own CEO: NFL Veteran Marques Ogden on Resilience & Elite Performance

24

Standards Over Intentions: Discipline That Drives Predictable Growth

25

Stop Complaining About What You Allow: Raising Standards in Your Agency

26

Busy Isn’t Productive: A Case for Agency Alignment

27

Growth Is Optional. Leadership Is Not.

28

How Are Your Clients Keeping Score? Winning Retention & Referrals the Right Way

29

Captives Uncovered with Warren Cleveland

30

The #1 Metric for Insurance Agency Success

31

Why Not You? A Wake Up Call for Agency Leaders

32

From Stuck to Soaring: Transformative Strategies for Insurance Agencies

33

AI and Insurance: From Hype to How with Steve Anderson

34

Beyond the Policy: Transforming Insurance from Commodity to Connection

35

Row Together, Grow Together: Agency Alignment Secrets with Kari Glennon

36

From Chaos to Clarity: Turn Workplace Distractions into Peak Productivity

37

Building a Thriving Insurance Agency: Insights from Bravera Leaders

38

Unlocking the Hidden Millions in Your Agency

39

Simplify to Succeed: Joe Calloway’s Strategies for Maximum Impact

40

Beyond the Comfort Zone: Jeff Schulz on Onboarding, Growth & Leadership

41

Closing the Performance Gap: The KPIs That Drive Agency Growth

42

The Power of Standards Over Goals

43

Producing Agency Excellence with Dan Elliott

44

Elevate Your Leadership Game with Jill Wagner Kelly

45

From NFL Dreams to Insurance Success: Winning Insights from Matt Hughes of First MainStreet

46

Agency Growth Insights from 2024

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From Family Legacy to Modern Success with Tom Krug

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Building Success from Setbacks with Mark Shipp of HUB International

49

Grit, Growth & Gumption with Tinsley English

50

From $10 Million to $140 Million & Beyond - Trent Tillman's Blueprint for Success

51

Success Through Strategic Living with Joe Vens

52

A Tech-Savvy Yet Human-Centric Approach to Agency Growth

53

Mastering the Champion's Mindset with Dr. Rick Jensen

54

Fitness & Focus to Double Agency Revenue with Dick Gibbs

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Empowering Teams for Lasting Agency Growth with Matt Fairbanks

56

The Journey from $6 Million to $33 Million: Insights from Ed McGrath

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Transforming Challenges into Growth with Bart Straka

58

Planning Your Purpose After Perpetuation with Mark Rollins

59

Maximizing Agency Value with Max Olson of Legacy Advisors

60

How to Avoid the Good Results Traps in Your Agency

61

Unlocking The Power of Talent & Technology in Your Insurance Agency - Trap #7

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Ignoring the Power of the 80/20 Rule - Trap #6

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Is Accountability Ruining Your Strategy? - Trap #5

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Part Time Clients - Trap #4

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Part-Time Producers - Trap #3

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How Unique is Your Sales Approach? - Trap #2

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Trap #1 – The Cost of Not Having a Clear Plan

68

Collaborate and Thrive: Specialty Risk Success Story with Chance Morgan

69

3 Must-Take Steps to Unlock Your Best Version Possible

70

The Power of Quitting: Elevate Your Agency by Letting Go

71

Unlocking Excellence With Accountability

72

Cow vs. Buffalo Mentality

73

Connecting with CFOs to Achieve Goals

74

Dunking Agency Success

75

3 Reasons You Aren't Cross Selling

76

Think vs. Thing

77

Is "Good" Good Enough?

78

Best Way to Transform Your Agency into a Sales Powerhouse

79

Three Questions Everyones Asking About You

80

What Can Leaders Learn From Eagles?

81

Unlock Agency Growth by Eliminating Hysterical Activity

82

Mastering Conversations: Guide the Talk to Success in Insurance

83

Don't Run Your Agency on One Wheel

84

No Practice Quoting!

85

Mastering Cohort Management: Insights from Insurance Pro Kari Glennon

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Don't Be Afraid to Be Great with Jim Koster of TRICOR

87

World Class Leadership Produces World Class Results with Chet Rhoads of HUB

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Planning Agency Growth with Harrison Brooks of Reagan Consulting

89

Be Like Mike Malinowski of EHD Insurance Agency

90

A Holistic Approach to Growth with Jim Welsh of WIS&G Insurance Agency

91

Avoiding the Four Most Dangerous Trends Impacting Your Agency in 2024

92

This is Not an Emergency!

93

Are They Not Interested, or Are You Not Interesting?

94

That's Impossible, Unless...

95

Two Impact Items from the Agency Leadership Institute

96

How to Avoid the Multi-Million Dollar Mistake Most Agencies Make

97

Meaningful Meetings with Ben Zimmer of Ethos Insurance and Risk Management

98

3 Reasons You Need to Fire Your Producers From Service

99

Controlling the Controllables

100

Leading Meaningful Change in Your Agency

101

Easy vs. Hard, It's About the Choices You Make in Your Insurance Agency

102

Producer Improvement Strategies

103

Consistency Builds Results

104

Three Shifts to Become Indispensable

105

Increasing Service Capacity in Your Agency

106

Increasing Your Sales Capacity

107

Sales Leadership Capacity

108

Three Questions for Leadership Capacity

109

Five Reasons Why You Don't Need a Coach

110

Two Vital Questions for Sales Leaders

111

Intentionality

112

Seven Barriers to Your Success

113

A Culture of Excellence in Your Agency

114

Marketing Your Agency for Growth

115

Ten Building Blocks of Producer Success

116

We're All In This Together - Interview With Allison Hammons

117

Wisdom in the Room - Interview with Dan Mickells of UNICO Group

118

Holiday Wish List for Agencies

119

Recruiting Agency Talent with Art Betancourt of AEBetancourt

120

Sales Improvement Meetings

121

How to Get More Buy In

122

Challenges and Opportunities for Agencies with Kevin Stipe of Reagan Consulting

123

Moving Your Agency Forward from a Financing Perspective with Tim Parenti

124

Designing Your Best Version Possible Agency

125

What's the Plan for Your Agency?

126

Best Practices for Insurance Agencies

127

Four Traps to Success

128

Empower, Equip and Improve

129

Creating Luck and Taking Calls with Ryan Teubner

130

Building Effective Relationships with Tech - Interview with Rick Fox of Vertafore

131

Click #8 - Agency Leadership

132

Click #7 - Winging It to Proven Processes

133

Click #6 - Generic to Indispensable

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Click #5 - Trivial Many to Vital Few

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Click #4 - Move from Renewals to Referrals

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Click #3 Activity vs Results

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Click #2 for Insurance Professionals - Teams

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Click #1 for Insurance Professionals - Small Thinking

139

Avoid Commission Breath

140

Agency Cholesterol - Interview with Jeff Jones

141

Expertise Brings Ease - Interview with Mark Carlson

142

Deliberate Growth with Brad Rutt

143

Niche to Succeed with Barbara Galgiani

144

Value Creation with Curt Vondrasek

145

Learn More and Listen More with Steve Woodward

146

Good Isn't Good Enough

147

Agency Leaders' Panel Discussion

148

Prepared to Succeed with Producer Toye Oshoniyi

149

Improve Your People to Improve Your Agency with Kevin Charleston

150

It's OK To Be Challenged with Jeff Kirk

151

Consistency and Communication - Interview with Sales Leader Tim Hrehor

152

Perpetuating Agency Growth with Shane Ideus

153

Are You Done Yet? Interview with Agency Leader Dan Elliott

154

Sales Leaders' Three C's

155

Best Version Possible Process

156

3 Myths of Achieving Balance with Dr. Travis Parry

157

End of Year Review

158

Slow Down to Speed Up

159

10 Things That Require Zero Talent

160

Be So Good at the Basics That You're Cutting Edge

161

Play a Bigger Game - Interview with Todd Lykke

162

Be a Goldfish - Interview with Sales Leader Paul Corder

163

Quality of Questions

164

Do Not Complain About That Which You Tolerate

165

What's the Value of an Appointment?

166

Two BORs Before Lunch - Producer Success Story with Kristen Schoeneberger

167

Five Critical Mindsets of Successful Insurance Professionals

168

Specialized for Success - Interview with Joe Vens

169

Transform Your Agency Without Losing Your Sanity

170

Committing to Your Best Version Possible

171

Doer or Dabbler?

172

Is Your Agency Doing the Limbo?

173

Make the 2nd Half of the Year Twice as Good as the 1st Half

174

How To End The Good Quarter/Bad Quarter Cycle

175

Own Your Success - Interview With Brittney Stinnett

176

Success Leaves Clues - Interview With Matt Fairbanks

177

What's Your Agency's Financial Model?

178

Stop Renewing Accounts

179

Decisions Determine Your Destiny

180

The Four R's

181

Leveraging Your Most Vital Skill

182

How's Your EnthusIASM?

183

What Are You Willing to Give Up?

184

How High Can You Fly?

185

How To Win at Ever Increasing Levels

186

Three Ways to Be More Interesting

187

Winner or Winger?

188

The Two Attributes of Dynamic Leaders

189

3 Keys to Agency Growth Workshop

190

Agency Transformation

191

10 Lessons from the Super Bowl

192

Proactive or Reactive?

193

Are You In the Red Zone or the Green Zone?

194

Super Joe - Interview with Joe Harriger

195

Another Sales Meeting?

196

8 Actions of Elite Producers

197

Producer Recruitment Starts at Home

198

'Tis the Week Before Christmas...and 3 Things to Consider Now

199

How To 3x Your Agency's Growth

200

The Law of Diminishing Intent

201

Cultivating an Environment of Growth

202

3 Excuses to Not Leverage Virtual Presenting

203

Managing Change in Your Agency

204

Stepping Over Dollars to Pick Up Dimes - Mistake #5

205

Replicating Average - Mistake #4

206

Ignoring the Power of Pareto - Mistake #3

207

Wearing Busy as a Badge of Honor - Mistake #2

208

Running the Wrong Way Enthusiastically is Stupid - Mistake #1

209

Culture and Cadence

210

Creating ART in Your Insurance Agency

211

The Magic of the Moment

212

The 7 P's to Agency Success

213

Your Ultimate Competitive Advantage

214

4 Barriers to Communication That are Limiting Your Results

215

Experience is Overrated

216

Design or Default?

217

Are You Swimming Naked?

218

Pretender or Performer

219

Your Two Greatest Investments

220

Leaders See More

221

Growth or Goals?

222

This is the time to go to the SPA

223

How To Prepare Today To Produce Tomorrow

224

Deep Learning Experience

225

Leading Through Uncertainty

226

3 Reasons Agencies Fail to Execute

227

The 4 Beliefs That Drive Agency Results

228

Agency Selling Systems

229

Objections to the 80:20 Rule

230

Pipeline Development

231

Points of Differentiation

232

Exit Barriers featuring Roger Sitkins

233

Me, Inc.

234

High Performance Teams

235

It's Time to Go Deeper

236

Let's Get On The Same Page

237

Producer Turned Owner - Interview with Jeff Sargeant

238

The Vital Few

239

Starting Your Day With Impact

240

What Makes the Elite?

241

Taking Your Agency To the Next Level - Interview With Hill Shaw

242

How BIG Is Your Thinking?

243

Stories of Success - Jim Lewis Interview

244

Stories of Success - Interview with Miles Merwin

245

Moving from Good to Indispensable

246

Stop Guessing

247

Why Your Client Experience Starts From the Inside

248

Three Questions to Ignite Your Communication

249

Are You An Agency Manager or an Agency Leader?

250

Are You Focused on Going Fast or Far?

251

Would You Work for You?

252

To Get Profit You Must Get ProFit

253

Are you interested or committed?

254

Moving Your Agency From Comfort to Growth

255

7 Roadblocks to Agency Success

256

Stories of Success - Diebold Agency Interview

257

Stories of Success - Interview with Jon Miles

258

Stories of Success - Interview with Mark Rollins

259

The 4 Questions That Unlock Your Agency’s Full Potential

260

The Three Questions Everyone is Asking About You

261

The Power of Gratitude

262

Cultivating an Environment of Growth

263

Special Invitation from Brent Kelly

264

The "Secret" Skill to Success

265

Specialization - Separating Average from Great

266

The Agent Leader is Back!

267

7 Questions Every Agency Leader Should be Asking

268

What Separates Insurance Professionals From Amateurs

269

5 Strategies for 100% Client Retention

270

Stop Wanting What You Don't Want

271

3 Keys to Intentional Agency Leadership

272

The Most Challenging Person You Will Ever Lead in Your Insurance Agency

273

The Four Leadership Principles Vital to Your Agency's Growth

274

The Independent Insurance Agency Talent Gap

275

8 Habits of Highly Successful Insurance Producers

276

The Key Difference Between Growing and Dying Insurance Agencies

277

The Best Investment You Can Make In Your Insurance Business

278

Who's Your Insurance Agency's Offensive Coordinator?

279

How to Listen Your Way to More Sales and Better Connections

280

What's Your Price?

281

You Will Never Be Ready....And That's OK

282

7 Ways to Empower Your Insurance Agency to Success

283

Why Only 1% of Insurance Agencies Reach This Level

284

Are Insurance Events Wasting Your Time?

285

The 4 Levels of Insurance Influence

286

The Lid That is Preventing Your Insurance Agency From Greatness

287

How the 30-Second Rule Will Transform Your Leadership

288

The True Power of Your Potential

289

Is Practicing Wasting Your Time or Preparing You for the Next Big Opportunity?

290

The 3 Reasons Why Many New Insurance Agents Fail

291

3 Reasons You're Not Building Profitable Relationships in Your Insurance Business

292

The Most Important Insurance Skill You Can Develop

293

The 7 Traits of Authentic Insurance Leadership

294

Will You Stretch?

295

How Strong is Your Foundation?

296

The Rule of Five

297

Why Most Insurance Agencies Are Stuck

298

Are You Replaceable?

299

The Great Exaggerator

300

7 Principles of Courageous of Leadership

301

You Will Never Outperform this

302

4 Ways to Build Your Charisma Muscles

303

Doing or Being?

304

When was the Last Time You Did Something for the First Time?

305

The Only Critics That Count

306

Who Are You Learning From?

307

What's Your Shopping Cart?

308

The One Question Your Insurance Agency Must Answer

309

Maybe You Should Quit

310

The Only Way to Reach Your True Potential

311

The #1 Reason People Buy From You

312

The Two Saddest Words

313

Small Actions, Huge Results

314

Are you there yet?

315

You Don't Have to Know How

316

Do the thing......

317

What would you do if you could not fail?

318

Why Intentions Produce Zero Results

319

The Daily BizzGrowl Podcast

320

How Will You Grow Your Book of Business in 2017?

321

Are You Just Showing Up?

322

Hope Isn't A Strategy

323

What Opportunities Are You Missing?